Dhurrie Rugs

Don’t you just love the crazy patterns on these! I loved this project because it is a great intro to the world of lines.

How many different lines can you create? We talked about zig-zag, wavy, straight, thick, thin, dashed, dotted just to name a few.

1. The students used a 9 x 18 piece of paper and glued down 2 vertical 12 inch strips. 2. They then used 5-9 inch strips, some painted some colored construction paper, and cut different lines down the center of the strips to create more lines. 3. After a fun pattern was laid out the students glued them down horizontally. 4. Next, we used oil pastels to add designs on top of the paper and also around the lines. 5. Lastly they cut fringes in the ends and added some paint designs as well.

I did this with my Kindergartners and it worked out FANTASTIC! Love your style, especially all the painted paper :)! Do you go with a theme every year? I just noticed you do a lot of world art and I think I'd like to give it a try! -Laura

Painted Paper Art

I have been teaching elementary art for 20 years in Ohio. I love my job and watching my 750 students enjoy the process of creating. I love incorporating children's literature with art lessons, and anything to do with fun, colorful art. I am a mom to two lovable kids. I love to see fun projects and mix it up to create a new project. If you do post about a project please reference back to my blog. It is great getting comments and feedback to pass along to my students. Thanks for checking it out!
Enjoy, Laura